the keystone dam. water released was increased to 275,000 cubic feet per second. president trump called arkansas s governor to offer condolences after two people were killed by a tornado. he saw the damage in okoumou in oklahoma. he said whatever you need. they are trying to find a missing 4-year-old boy swept away in the currents of a swollen creek. the national weather service is warning that this flood will have an impact on life and infrastructure. this is heading south to the state capitol of little rock. the army corp of engineers and the national guard are here assisting. mike: wow, those images are stunning. the death toll is growing on
flooded. i knew it was here, so i m just speechless right now. reporter: it s a familiar feeling for all too many across the plains and midwest. many places recovering on the tail end of a week that brought deadly tornadoes, heavy rain and life saving water rescues. this series of dams. the water continues to flow. with the u.s. army core of engineers. over the course of days, they have slowly had to increase the amount of water releaseed from the tulsa area dam to near historic levels to keep up with the high water. keystone dam has a release rate of approximately 250,000 cubic feet per second. if you do the math, it equates to approximately 1,000 school
days, they have slowly had to increase the amount of water they release from the tulsa area keystone dam to historic lefvel to keep up with the high water. keystone dam which has been the focus has a release rate of approximately 250,000 cubic feet per second. if you do the math, that equates to approximately a thousand school buses per second going through the dam. across the tulsa area, more than a thousand residents have been impacted by flooding so far. please, please pay attention because the weather can be fickle as can the river, and obviously we re watching the levees very closely. it s advice that applies across the state. the governor declaring a state of emergency for all 77 counties in oklahoma. just north of oklahoma city, these homes are barely hanging on after flooding eroded the ground beneath them. and in tulsa, this river side neighborhood is now very much part of the river. and walk to the end of the
255,000 cubic feet per second of water is passing through. an easier way to put that, in laymen s terms about 1,000 school buses per second of water flowing through the dam. things are expected to be sunny over the course of the day which is great but deceptive because there are so many rivers and tributaries that feed into the arkansas river here. the army corps of engineers says whatever happens upstream definitely will flow through and quiets literally create a ripple effect in tulsa. those are the things we ll continue to monitor over the next few days. just so destructive. omar, thank you. as the flooding in oklahoma continues, another round of severe storms moves in later today. that means more than 40 million people are under severe weather threat from the great lakes to the plains. let s go to cnn s meteorologist allison chinchar.
reporter: it s a familiar feeling for all too many. many places recovering on the tail end of a week that brought deadly tornadoes, heavy rain and life saving water rescues. this series of dams. the water continues to flow in. adam is with the u.s. army core of engineers. over the course of days, they had to increase the amount of water released from the keystone dam to near historic levels to keep up with the high water. the keystone dam is has a release rate of approximately 250,000 cubic feet per second. if you do the math, that s approximately 1,000 school buses per second. reporter: across the tulsa area, a thousand residents impacted by flooding, so far. please, please pay attention. the water can be fickle, as is